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Ahead of power transfer, Lapid vows to topple Netanyahu’s ‘government of destruction’

“This is not the end, this is the beginning of the fight for our beloved country,” says the outgoing Israeli prime minister.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid, then the foreign minister, walks past Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the time the leader of the opposition, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid, then the foreign minister, walks past Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the time the leader of the opposition, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid delivered a parting shot on Thursday to Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming coalition, calling it a “government of destruction” and vowing to return to power.

“This is not the end, this is the beginning of the fight for our beloved country,” Lapid said in a Facebook post. “We are fighting for the future of our children and we will not stop until we topple the government of destruction and return [to power],” he added.

https://www.facebook.com/YairLapid/posts/pfbid02TPKpnCUyJAa2nAyPdNuT58swgYmwp2QjjEHETmEwKHRquaHyQbFsPbMcLkNEuVRal

The statement comes amid reports that Lapid and Netanyahu will forgo the traditional transfer of power ceremony when the new government is sworn in on Thursday.

The Likud Party released a statement saying that Netanyahu had not been offered the opportunity to attend such a ceremony.

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